Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-06-07
SOUTH BlJcKpIpIp.


In a former number OF the DKNocRar
asked the question, Are We not raising TOO
many horsesi Nov would crave psrmls-
sion. Mr.. Editor. % say few W rds In
con,lnuirce Of the same subject l have
read with deep ilirrest and hops With
prod. the contributions thai have appear.
"a IN your columns from the faciie pen OF
A. T. Maxim We should all be Interest
eli IN everything p-rlsIulug 70 the I'm.
proyemsut % the noblest AMI most useful
of domestic animals horse. BAT the
other species 81 Domestic animals seem In
st.ui without an advocate or champion.
II his been said tia, Maine bred horses
ar. haniler aud better than those bred Ia
other Slalss. Sapposlng We grant. u do =
II vibrant a man In raising colts iuilserim'
inaicly from every blemlsnsi inferior m,re
he may chance % possess. IL does not
require 4 prolouai knosleig- OF horse IN
see that TOO many Inferior h0rses ara
raised To illustrate the relative number
of horses ~ compared with other stock
raised, 1t " take the road from Buck
Il I'D ylllsge % The Hebron line. three or
three and one.half miles. within thu
limits named there are ~ least 40 horse
Kind, some farmers keeping four or I've
horse Kind How mang pairs OF oxen,
how many cows. sheep aud swine are kept
within the same llmitsl IL does no, re'
qulrc much knowledge on the subject 10
determine that there l. y markell dispro.
portion between the equine species and
the others named II would De "a later
es,lng inqulry VIVA, 1. the average cost ot
rearing colt from the foal until u IL oil
enough 90 put upon the market, say I've
years oldi There Is the service OF Ire sial'
lion, the feel, care. breaking, training,
reckoning Interest on AL oailsy from year
10 year. The use, II man has several
horses, often times amouns IN practically
nothing. And sgsln wha, Is the average
price received. have assumed ths
marketable ago a, I've years Sons are
sold younger ami some older. waiting
nve years - secure pront Hut sappos'
ing said colt becomes blemlshei. or IL
vicious, az has some icfec, that reduces
the price Ia minlmnm, the venture has
certainly become = losing instcai OF
psylng one, Now let rs take cows, sheep
aud swine. With cows We receive
cousiau, returns, sometimes s large
a. price OF the CIV yesfly leaving
out % the account ne cosi % keeping the
COW Sleep anil swine are highly pronis.
be properly mAnsgei. Every farmer
ought 20 keep = yoke %. oxen. Otsn Ia
Bactn'li afn aooat A scarce A. hfns
teeth. an not oblsoilng 90 the
breeding OF a reasonable nunber of colts
ander the proper conditions, that l. both
Necessary and commerdAb.e a. oge branch
81 dlv~r-lnsi hu.hsndf'. How ofeu,
reaier. have We heard mi, remark inside
about an indlvliuai "Oa. DO went toto
the horse business AMI ell filled up. The
fdll siguncArce % going Into the horse
Business slgnlnsl IN too msuy insisnoss
she entire neglect OF the other material
lnirre,' of ths farm Thus farms, nrn'
iug io,i. hulldlng,. everything except
horses are neglected, they have msie
horses specially" 20 say that
no, ore In twenty succeed Who
thus make hofscl speciality. Am Goa
dieai that We Are rAlsing TOO many In
fcflOr horses. II make no mistake MI.
Maxim advises farmers havlng inirrior
mares to breed up ~ uslng good stations.
Many tim = farmers having mares possess.
ins lli.lc merit would be .ubssrslug their
own Interests and those Of the community
better by knocking them Ia TIE head.
Why 1. Il thA, 81 large q per cent. OF The
horses found in the BO,i0n market are
Western horse, wailc Maine has so large
a surplvf
n. II. uaichinson, VII, died on the
second lastaui. was Indeed one OF The land
marks % Backfsli. Ill. parents novel
from Hebron Into B1ckhsli when he was
bat three years OF age. slnco which time
he had always lived In Buckhei. lie was
q. ri aFNN Ira
town sdilrs Tie hal probably served -
Que Of the sslec.msn more than twenty
years Mr.. II was highly respected Ns
msn ani citizen lie vas cmphsiicAlly
OF TIE ''p'ain people"
Arthur Lowell has been Gifted $3.50 for
HI. Paiehen colt, BY POmpllley OF "A bufn.